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Sally Bailey: 我从小就对拥有‘孤儿式力量’的文学人物，例如简·爱和马普尔小姐，产生了浓厚的兴趣。这种力量源于她们在作品中展现出的独立、坚韧和对真相的追求。我的写作也受到了这种力量的影响，我试图在作品中展现这种力量，并探索其背后的意义。 我的童年经历贫寒，居住环境恶劣，但这并没有阻碍我构建一个丰富的精神世界。我从小就沉浸在维多利亚时代的小说和童话故事中，这些故事为我提供了幻想和逃避现实的途径。我将自己想象成一个变化儿童，渴望被马普尔小姐这样的精神导师所引导。 在创作过程中，我努力将自己从现实中剥离，把自己变成一个孤儿，从而获得创作的灵感。我学习马普尔小姐的观察力和洞察力，并试图理解故事中人物的内心世界。我开始记录人物的特征和生活细节，并区分同情和移情之间的差异。同情需要更细致的观察和了解，而移情则是一种更容易、更懒惰的方式。 我从简·爱的故事中学习到，真正的同情需要时间和努力，需要阅读到小说的结尾才能完全理解。我无法完全成为简·爱，简·爱也无法完全代表我，因为我们之间存在差异。即使是我的疯狂的姑姑，我也必须把她纳入我的小说世界，并尝试理解她。我必须在我的小说中重塑她，理解她的痛苦和经历。 我一生都在学习同情，并从书中寻找缺失的人。简·爱称之为‘自然同情’，同情就像你从未认识却一直渴望的亲人。我的精神导师是简·爱和马普尔小姐，她们一直在寻找真相。她们的经历和故事，以及我自身的经历，都塑造了我对‘孤儿式力量’的理解，也影响着我的写作。

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This week, Sally has been reflecting on her ‘orphan power’, a phrase once applied to her by Will Self, and her relationship with orphaned literary characters such as Jane Eyre. Listen for a meditation on isolation, belonging, and the communities that art can provide.

The extracts performed here involving Jane Eyre and Miss Marple are from Sally’s first coming of age novel, Girl with Dove (William Collins, 2018).

The wonderful piano music in the opening section is 'Rain', by Paul Sebastian.

This episode was partially inspired by Sally being asked to speak at a symposium on ‘The Impact of Lived Experience on Care Associated Research by Care Experienced Researchers’, convened by Dr Annie Skinner, a Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University. More information on Dr Skinner’s work can be found here).

This episode was edited and produced by James Bowen.

Special thanks to Andrew Smith, Violet Henderson, Kris Dyer, and Maeve Magnus.